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Shopping for a lover of all things coffee this season?
Want to give the gift of specialty coffee at home?
THESE are what coffee-lovers are asking Santa for this season:
BONAVITA VARIABLE TEMPERATURE GOOSENECK KETTLE (1L) — $129.95For the greatest control over water temperature and pour accuracy, this kettle is ideal — not only for coffee-brewing, but for other culinary and craft applications, too.
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If
you’ve visited our showroom on Clark Drive anytime in the last few months, you
probably noticed some new shelving and a bank of 40-odd coffee grinders in the
southwest corner. Or maybe you noticed a sudden increase in the number and
variety of coffees for sale
on our website. Perhaps you even attended
or
read about the launch party we held at
the culmination of all these developments.
Well,
the time has come to fill in the gaps and tell you all about
Roaster Central, our bra
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Maybe
you’ve seen them in
one or two cafes in Vancouver. Maybe you’ve even tasted
espresso extracted from one of their iconic group heads. The experience is
pretty unforgettable — custom-made just outside Amsterdam,
Kees van der Westen espresso machines are the epitome of precision and panache.
That’s
why we’re so thrilled to become a distributer and service centre for Kees van
der Westen espresso machines in Western Canada! This development is excellent
news if y
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Choosing
between semi- and superautomatics is often the first of many decisions made on
the hunt for a home espresso machine. But what’s the difference between them,
and which is better? These are two of the most common questions our customers
ask us as they prepare to jump into the home espresso game.
Let’s
address the second question first. We stand firmly behind all of the espresso
machines we sell, semi- and superautomatics alike — we would never recommend a
poorly-made machine.
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For
our inaugural blog post, we thought we’d write about a topic that’s near and
dear to our hearts — and to those of our clients and customers:
WHY "HANDMADE IN ITALY?"
Many
of our espresso machines come directly from the manufacturers abroad, which
inevitably adds to the cost of shipping, transit time, environmental impact,
etc. It requires a much greater degree of organization around inventory
management, purchasing, maintenance, warranties, and communication. Even in
today’s gl
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